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The study of Alna's Kingsford Manor
Home + Garden

Their Happy Place Is One of the Oldest Homes in Lincoln County

An Alna couple presides over 250 years of history on the Sheepscot River.
South Berwick’s Emily McLaughlin, Tom Beattie, and their 4-year-old twins, Willa and Gus, hang out by the heart they created with ash and walnut firewood.
Home + Garden

The Art of the Woodpile

These creative Mainers are elevating wood stacking to an art form.
In the dining room, a 1970s-era nude by Alex Tavoularis peeks out over a Saarinen Tulip table and chairs, a cheekily suggestive 1960s glass mushroom lamp, and a bulbous 1970s vase
Home + Garden

A Cumberland Ranch with Groovy Left Coast Vibes

Tour a couple’s little Maine slice of disco-era Beverly Hills.
Leigh Rush Olson instructing on her Old Port Historic Workouts tour
History

A Portland Historic Workout Will Educate And Exhaust You

Sweatin' to the oldies in the Forest City.
Coco Corral of Loving Anvil jewelry
Maine-Made

Coco Corral Loves Her Anvil

The Biddeford jewelry designer’s work features raw gems, artful hammer markings, and the occasional f-bomb.
Christina Salway in the Stonington kitchen she and John Moskowitz rehabbed centers on an antique workbench topped with Carrara marble from Sedgwick’s The Granite Shop. It’s painted Benjamin Moore’s Gentleman’s Gray like the Ikea lower cabinets; Chantilly Lace, also by Benjamin Moore, brightens the original uppers
Home + Garden

A Dilapidated Stonington Camp Kickstarts a Brooklyn Family’s New Life in Maine

Christina Salway and John Moskowitz said yes to a modest 1890s farmhouse.
A 1988 commissioned painting of Tuthill by the late New Gloucester artist Reginald Jacqmin hangs in the Tuttle family’s Greek Revival here.
Home + Garden

Who Wants to Buy a Village?

To satisfy his penchant for rescuing, and living among, period houses, a Pittston antiques dealer created his own 19th-century-style compound. Now his family is looking for an ambitious new owner.
7 Maine-Made Toiletries for Your Bathroom
Maine-Made

7 Maine-Made Toiletries for Your Bathroom

A few of our favorite all-natural artisanal soaps, creams, and more.
Meg Patti, owner of Mad Patti Hat Co.
Maine-Made

Meet the Mad Hatter of Maine

Meg Patti, owner of Mad Patti Hat Co., makes hats the old-fashioned way.
Ryan Holland, Michael Friedland, and Alex Bettigole at The Lumbery
Home + Garden

Wood You Believe This Is the First Maine Lumberyard Dedicated to Local Products?

Peek inside Cape Elizabeth’s new “micro lumberyard.”
Kevin Kiley, host of the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor's Gingerbread Spectacular!
Home + Garden

Meet Maine’s Gingerbread Man

In Boothbay Harbor, Kevin Kiley has made edible architecture an art form.
Cherie Herne, Salty Girl and the Long Dog
Maine-Made

Meet the “Salty Girl” Making Home Decor from Beach Debris

York's Cherie Herne turned her passion for beachcombing into a business.
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